'Satisfaction' marks 50-year triumph as Stones hit town - Detroit Free Press
For many historians of popular music, summer 1965 is seen as a crucial dividing line: the moment rock 'n' roll grew up and became rock music. There's plenty of evidence to support the claim — the emergence of groups like the Byrds, Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited," the fast-maturing Beatles — but if you want to pinpoint a single benchmark event, try this one: The Rolling Stones' "(I... That's the milestone looming as a backdrop to the Stones' Wednesday visit to Comerica Park, part of this summer's Zip Code Tour and the band's first full Detroit concert in a decade. On Friday, ABKCO Records will commemorate the 50th-anniversary occasion, releasing "Satisfaction" in a limited-edition record with 180-gram vinyl and cover artwork from the original 45. Related: Rolling Stones to play Comerica Park on July 8.... There are certainly the innate musical charms, including the infectious "riff heard round the world," as Steven Van Zandt described it in 2011 when Rolling Stone magazine ranked "Satisfaction" No. 2 in its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Source: www.freep.com
